An abolition traitor. : There are traitors in the North as well as in the South, and there are abolitionists in the South as well as in the North. Some of the southern abolitionists have strange views in regard to slavery and its abolition. Among the rest
Title
An abolition traitor There are traitors in the North as well as in the South, and there are abolitionists in the South as well as in the North. Some of the southern abolitionists have strange views in regard to slavery and its abolition. Among the rest, the distinguished son of Georgia, Hon. Robert Toombs, holds a prominent place. ... In speaking of the Negro, he said
Description
One of nine broadsides attributed to Sinclair Tousey and W.O. Bourne in NUC pre-1956, and assigned the collective title "Draft riots of 1863 of New York City; 9 handbills such as were handed about the city to allay the excitement." Two of them have the imprint "Sold by Sinclair Tousey, 121 Nassau St. ...", Signed: A Democratic workingman. New York, Aug. 29, 1863., Printed area measures: 43.7 x 25.3 cm., Purchased with funds from the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2008, p. 49-50.
Creator
Democratic workingman
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare # Am 1863 Demo 11419.F
The results of abolitionism. [graphic]
Title
The results of abolitionism!
Description
Cartoon reflecting the fear among Northern white workers of job competition with free African Americans. Depicts African American men bricklayers, portrayed in racist caricature and speaking in vernacular, on a construction site giving orders to white laborers in a reversal of roles. The laborers work on a large multi-storied brick building fronted by scaffolding and a ladder. The African American supervisors hold trowels and stand at the top of the scaffolding. They hurl orders and abuse at white workers exclaiming: "Bring up the mortar you white rascals" and "You bog-trotters, come along with them bricks." An African American man standing on the ground, attired as a dandy, exclaims, "White man hurry up them bricks." A white man climbs the ladder and two white men work on the ground shoveling and picking up bricks. Another white man stands and says, "Sambo hurry up the white laborers.", Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of American political caricatures, likely a scrapbook, accessioned 1899. Collection primarily comprised of gifts from Samuel Breck, John A. McAllister, and James Rush., RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
[ca. 1835]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Political Cartoons - 1835 - Res [5780.F.1]
Old Nick's new patent plan to make Nova Scotia tories, federals coodies, Hartford conventioners, nullifiers, national republican bankites &c. [graphic].
Title
Old Nick's new patent plan to make Nova Scotia tories, federals coodies, Hartford conventioners, nullifiers, national republican bankites &c
Description
Cartoon issued during the Bank War attacking Nicholas Biddle, president of the Bank of the United States, and his allegedly bribed New York newspaper editors for propagating an artificial financial crisis to sway public opinion in favor of the Bank. Depicts editors James W. Webb, Mordecai Manuel Noah, and probably Charles King using large screw presses to crush masses of working men ("workies"), including sailors, laborers, and butchers. Noah, fearing the strength of the "workies," loses control of his press from the shifting weight of his men; King twists his press and talks of the "division of the spoils"; and Webb urges a "good screwing" to gain the workers's suport and Biddle's fees. From below, the "workies" criticize the Bank as an institution of the aristocracy; allude favorably to Jackson and his veto of the Bank's recharter; scream their refusal to bow to a "golden calf"; and exclaim that they vote for liberty, not their "merchants breeches pockets." To the far right, Biddle hollers support to his "cousins"; "Jack Downing" questions the success of the presses; and a man with a monocle declares that the "workies" will not vote in the next election if they fail., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date
[1834]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1834-5 [5760.F.59]